Police investigate after wounded man collapses outside store

Birmingham police are investigating a possible shooting after a man turned up wounded at a northern Birmingham convenience store.

The young man, whose name was unavailable, drove himself to the Chevron station in the 1600 block of Finley Boulevard just after 2:30 p.m. today reporting he had been shot.

A worker at the store said the man got out of his Buick and tried to make it into the store but collapsed on the sidewalk. He was shot in the left leg, and taken to University Hospital for treatment.

Police said the man told them he was shot in downtown Birmingham and then drove to Finley Boulevard, which is near his home. There was a gun and a spent shell casing in the car, police said, and no signs of bullet holes on the car's exterior. Friends and family on the scene declined to comment.
Carol Robinson